Chinese Word Entry
新約Simplified Chinese form: 新约
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄝ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | Xīn yuē |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | san1 joek3 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 新 | new, recent, fresh, modern |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn) |
| Cantonese: | san1 |
| Japanese: | シン (shin) / あたら.しい (atarashii)、 あら.た (arata)、 あら- (ara-)、 にい- (nii-)、 にい (nii) |
| Korean: | 신 (sin) |
| Vietnamese: | tân |
| 約 | promise, approximately, shrink, treaty, agreement, covenant |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄩㄝ (yuē), ㄧㄠ (yāo), ㄧㄠˋ (yào), ㄉㄧˋ (dì) |
| Cantonese: | joek3 |
| Japanese: | ヤク (yaku) / つづ.まる (tsudumaru)、 つづ.める (tsudumeru)、 つづま.やか (tsudumayaka)、 つずめる (tsuzumeru)、 つずまやか (tsuzumayaka) |
| Korean: | 약 (yag), 요 (yo) |
| Vietnamese: | ước |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 约 |